Hoodoo Brown (mayor)

Hoodoo Brown (died 1880) was the Mayor of Empire City, New Mexico during the late 19th century. Brown was affiliated with the railroad tycoon Thomas Magruder, and he was under his payroll for many years; Brown was known for his corruption, and he was killed by a gang of outlaws in 1880.

Biography
Hoodoo Brown became the Mayor of Empire City in New Mexico during the late 19th century, and he forged ties to businessman Thomas Magruder and former outlaws Dave Rudabaugh and J.J. Webb to consolidate his power in the city. Brown himself was a skilled gunfighter and a fast talker, and he was able to rule Empire due to his use of dirty practices. In 1880, he hired Colton White as a constable for the city's police department, intending to set him up and kill him. However, White killed his corrupt deputies Webb and Rudabaugh and proceeded to angrily confront Brown at his casino. Brown knocked White out as he attempted to kill Reverend Josiah Reed, and he presented him in front of Magruder. Brown scheduled for White to be hanged for the murder of a prostitute, but White would break out of prison and join Clay Allison's gang in the mountains.

Downfall
When the lawmen succeeded in capturing Allison during a raid on the resistance's mountain stronghold, White headed to Empire City to free Allison from Brown's clutches. White killed several of Brown's lawmen before confronting him in his casino. Brown was shot several times and staggered towards his office, and Brown offered to do anything if White spared him; White asked about what Magruder sought. Brown told him that it was a rare artifact that sat in the wreckage of the Morning Star riverboat on the Missouri River, and told White that he could not get to it. White kicked his gun back to him and began to leave, but Brown insulted him and picked up the gun. White shot him several more times, and Brown exclaimed "I'm Hoodoo Brown!" before White shot him a final time, launching him through the window behind him. Brown fell to his death on the street below, and his body was displayed in a propped-up, open coffin in front of his casino for the town to see.